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Charges against police in Saudi murder trial dismissed

March 31, 2014 11:00 am

The Criminal Court on Monday dismissed charges in the high-profile trial of five police officers accused of snatching and murdering a Saudi businessman with close links to the Saudi palace 24 years ago.

The Court said the charges were dismissed because the public prosecutors' evidences was weak and failed to convince the court that the officers had been involved in the murder and kidnapping.

His death, along with the theft of invaluable jewels by a Thai janitor from a Saudi palace and the killings of three Saudi diplomats in Bangkok between 1989 and 1990, has severely strained the Thai-Saudi relations. The businessman is thought to have been abducted and killed while police were searching of the jewellery.

The body of Mohammad AlRuwaili, has yet to be found and a Thai court earlier declared him as missing person.